Nothing goes on the farm anymore because the animals refuse to end up on the prince's plate. War is near. Fortunately, the cat Robilar arrives to negotiate with these rebels.
Veganism in the Kingdom
In this last volume of Robilar, screenwriter David Chauvel offers a fully topical historical story. Indeed, the demands of these striking animals are very clear: we must stop eating meat. If the kingdom does not change, they are ready to turn their hostages, Father Riflon and his wife, into pudding. At this announcement, the whole court is in turmoil… for their stomachs. Given the gravity of the situation, only another animal can act. The prince therefore sends Robilar to this rebellious farm. But is the cat right to side with humans against animals? The question of the animal condition runs through the beginning of the book. This new volume of Robilar is clearly against meat consumption but vegetarianism is not the easiest choice. The head of the palace sees, literally, the rebels only as pieces of meat. Animals have also decided to do without meat food but have moral questions: are earthworms meat? This question is the subject of a debate worthy of a trustee's session. The prince's husband remembers with sadness his father's violence against a rabbit. A debate between a pig and a farmer and the trial of the Riflon couple show that the wildest is not the one we believe. Robilar makes fewer lexicon errors than most courtiers. Nothing in this unlikely scenario would be possible without the talent of cartoonist Sylvain Guinebaud. The animals' expressions are remarkably accurate and propel jokes much further. While suggesting, he moves us on the death of a lamb.
Humor in the tale
David Chauvel has had fun confronting fairy tales with modernity since the launch of the Robilar series since the chamberlain allowed a gay marriage. That doesn't make him a moderate leader. He was ready to send the army to put down the revolt before Robilar changed his mind. If it is sometimes engaged, Robilar is first of all a very funny series that can make you think of Shrek. The situation is totally absurd because the duck leader is struggling to be respected. This political meeting of the revolutionary cell of the farm is hilarious for the reader and for the animals, by the humorist talent of the ram. The animals voted for the equality of all even the rabbits while it is accepted by all that they are c… So much so that it has become an expression. Chauvel also plays with proverbs showing that language is a weapon. A pig complains that a pig obsessed is being treated. This reflection provokes a debate about political correctness. Robilar is also a work on tolerance, its benefits and the difficulty of respecting it. Animals will soon realize that, after the early days, it is hard to advance a revolution. In this volume edited by Delcourt, Chauvel and Guinebaud propose a series in three volumes that lifts fairy tales with modernity and humor. Hardly more optimistic than Orwell's Animal Farm but also successful, we can only regret the lack of notoriety of Robilar which deserves to continue well after this third volume. To continue reading, you can find the chronicles on Voltaire & Newton and Kaijumax, other very original animal stories.
